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SEEDS AND PLANTS IMPORTED. 



51613 and 51614. 



From Los Angeles, Calif. Seeds presented by Dr. P. D. Barnhart. Received 

 November 4, 1920. Quoted notes by Doctor Barnhart. 



51613. DicENTRA CHKYSANTHA Walp. Papaverace{e. 



" Our yellow-flowered bleeding heart. It grows at an altitude of 2,.500 

 feet in the Coast Range Mountains." 



A glaucous perennial with stiff, coarse, leafy stems 2 to 3 feet high 

 and bipinnate' leaves a foot or more in length. The yellow flowers, about 

 half an inch long, are borne in large racemose panicles. In California, 

 where it is native, it is sometimes called " golden eardrops." (Adapted 

 from Jepson, Flora of Western Middle California, p. 210.) 



51614. Myrciaria edulis (Veil.) Skeels. Myrtaceae. 

 {Eugenia edulis Veil.) 



" Of fine flavor, but too seedy to be of commercial value. It is a 

 very prolific bearer and evergreen." 



The camhuca, a native of the State of Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, is com- 

 monly cultivated in that country for its fruit. The tree bears the fruits 

 both on the small limbs and on the trunk. These fruits are oblate, about 

 1^ inches long, with smooth orange skin, and the flesh is divided into two 

 portions. The firm outer flesh is about a quarter of an inch thick, 

 leathery and very acid, while the inner flesh, which constitutes the 

 edible part of the fruit, is soft, translucent and jellylike, and subacid 

 in flavor. It is highly esteemed by the Brazilians. 



For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 37829. 



51615. RuBus MACROPHYLLUS Weilie and Nees. Rosaceae. 



From Algiers, Algeria. Seeds presented by Dr. L. Trabut. Received No- 

 vember 5, 1920. 



"From St. Martin, Alpes Maritimes, France, at an altitude of about 4,000 feet. 

 The fruit is acid and about seven-eighths of an inch in diameter." (Trahut.) 



This is a very variable shrub, native to the British Isles. It has arching, 

 very prickly stems, quinate or ternate usually hairy leaves, and panicles of 

 pinkish or white flowers. (Adapted from Sowerhy, English Botany, vol. 3, p. 

 177.) 



51616. Fragaria nilgerrensis Schlecht. Rosacese. Strawberry. 

 From Paris, France. Seeds purchased from Vilmorin-Andrieux & Co. 



Received November 6, 1920. 

 This vigorous and hardy strawberry was introduced from China under the 

 direction of Maurice de Vilmorin and is remarkable for its tufted habit, hairy 

 foliage, its small white flow^ers, and especially for its small, insipid, white 

 hairy fruits. (Adapted from Journal Soci6t6 Rationale d' Horticulture, vol. 21, 

 p. 189.) 



51617. RrBEs longeracemosum Franch. Grossulariacese. 



From Elstree, Hertfordshire, England. Cuttings presented by Vicary 

 Gibbs, Aldenham House. Received November 10, 1920. 

 "This species, found in the mountains of western China, bears large black 

 fruits of good flavor, in racemes a foot and a half long." ( Wilson, A Naturalist in 

 Western China, vol. 2, p. 31.) 

 For previous introduction, see S. P. I. No. 40458. 



Introduced for experiments to determine the resistance of currants to tbe 

 white-pine blister rust. 



S1618 to 51622. HoLCus SORGHUM L. Poacese. Sorghum. 



{Sorghum vulgare Pers.) 

 From Surat, Gujarat, India. Seeds presented by Bhimbhai M. Desai, Dep- 

 uty Director of Agriculture. Received November 11, 1920. 

 Sweet sorghums introduced for the Ofllce of Sugar-Plant Investigations. 



51618. Hundi Jowar. 51621. Sundhia Jowar. 



51619. Nilica Jowar. 51622. Utavli Jowar. 

 .5162.0. Red {Ratalio) Jowar. 



